Family: Megapodiidae (Megapodes)
Authority: (Oustalet, 1880)
Red List Category
Criteria: B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
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Justification of Red List categoryThis species is classified as Endangered because it has a very small range, which is undergoing a continuing decline due primarily to increasingly frequent fires related to drought (especially those connected to El Nino events), drought itself reducing breeding success as well as the uncertain impacts of introduced wild boar
Sus scrofa and feral dogs
Canis familiaris. Further actions that degrade habitat in eastern Waigeo, including selective logging and especially the potential threat from mining, will exacerbate fire impacts across the whole range.
Population size:
977
Population trend:
Decreasing
Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident):
784 km
2
Country endemic:
Yes
Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Oceanic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome